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STEPHEN MARK WHITE
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
April 3, 1950 – June 30, 1972
Service recordStephen Mark White, of New Castle, Indiana, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on June 30, 1972, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 51
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Construction Equipment Repairer (62B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 3, 1950
- Home of record
- New Castle, Indiana (Henry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 30, 1972
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date June 30, 1972. In June 1972, 88 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in South Vietnam while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 51
- STEVEN LOGAN BENNETTCaptain · June 29, 1972
- PERCY GUY BROCK JRSergeant First Class · June 29, 1972
- JOHN MICHAEL COLEFirst Lieutenant · July 2, 1972
- ROGER MYERS SMELSERPetty Officer Third Class · July 2, 1972
From New Castle
- JIMMIE LEE MINCKSSergeant · October 11, 1965
- GEORGE MICHAEL SLOANPrivate First Class · March 2, 1967
- CHARLES EVERETT CRANDALLPetty Officer Third Class · January 31, 1968
- BRADFORD LEE TROUTSpecialist Four · February 6, 1968
- LARRY WAYNE DARLINGSpecialist Four · February 19, 1968
- RONALD DAVISPrivate First Class · April 10, 1968
- FREDRICK JOE SMITHCorporal · July 6, 1968
- DAVID CLAUD JASPERSpecialist Four · November 19, 1968
- TOMMY RAY EATONSpecialist Four · December 17, 1968
- THOMAS EUGENE HOLLOWAYPetty Officer Third Class · April 12, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.